• KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 months ago

    But there are solutions that simply require building more small units of something that’s been built in large numbers for the past decade.

    • Vanth@reddthat.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 months ago

      Are you talking about nuclear or other as these “simply build smaller” solutions?

        • Vanth@reddthat.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          5 months ago

          Oh. Well, those also have resource constraints (hazardous and rare materials used in solar panels, batteries for both if that is method of storage), storage constraints (saving energy for when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing), economic constraints (still more expensive than burning coal and oil) and political constraints (people don’t want solar panels or wind turbines in their backyard + political will to stand up against oil and to offer incentives that make solar/wind financially viable).

          Same themes as the challenges to nuclear.